The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-09-10

s3E8rzs3 AssaeasEaaDM.
For some time past Tie paramount
importance of organizing I'll AgFioul-
ltnrd and Horticultural Association
liz this parish has been patent To every.
progressive mind, and Tie subject las
bean under discussion BY some Of onr
entcrprisiqg citizens with view Of
getting the matter in shape, which
resulted last week in q call for d meet
ing Of All hose favoring the project.
Accordingly, last Saturday after
noon number Of gentlemen met At
The Office Of the Lake Charles Com
aereial, and after an exchange IF
views 90 the subject, preliminary steps
were taken 10 perfect srr6b an organi-
cation.
1t was suggested and tleemcd best,
in addition gto tie usual objects of
such an association, 10 introduce the
cooperative feature in horticulture,
and in tl1e general discussion which
ensued the following well taken points
favorable Incorporation wire briefly.
oatlinca by Prof. S. "A, Knapp, a gen
tleman thoroughly conrersantE by long
experience with both Agricultural and
Horticultural pursuits:
j. Every member O the Association shall
cultivate at beast tonsztialf acre of fruit.
2 BY the dissemination of information
upou, and the encouTagenrntof, fruit grow
ing we will try to secure the setting Ola
large area IN tho parish to fruit the ensuing
season.
8. Cooperation Will enable us 10 obtain
information in regard TO the Creole seed
IiBgs. many of Them Of old Spanish origin.
Many of these are Of great value, Indeed,
for peaches and plums they are more valn-
able thanal Others. If by united effort all
these could be collected we shonld secure a
most important accession 10 the fruit inter
est. 1t is so much easier to send to some
well advertised nursery and secure trees,
that nearly all the well-lsnoWn fine varieties
sre foreign to our soil and climate. While
we would not exclude anything valuable
we contend that the choice native seedlings
are more valuable fer US than all others.
4. As soon as sufficient fruit has been
produced at one point, q canning factory
can be established upon the following plan ::
Organize a stock company to erect the
buildings then the fruit growers, II neces-
6ary, can furnish the fruits and wait for
the pay til the goods are sold.
The following gentlemen, Messrs.
J. w. Bryan, E. r. ShaHkland, J III.
Deer, S. II. Clement, AdoIph Meyer,
John Barnett, were appointed CON-
mittee TO draw up constitution and
bvrlams for the Association And
on motion, the chairman WAS added
10 TIE committee, and the said COM
miltee instructed 10 report 1T The next
meeting, at the Court House, in Lake
Charles, on Saturday, Sept. II, 1881.
The plan, as outlined above, OF one
of a similar nature, seems to us, 10 be
the most expeditions method OF en-
conraging horticultural farming and
developing the fruit interests Of the
parish, and if our people will only
take bold of the matter in the right
spirit, it will be but few years before
CaIcasieu parish will be supplying tn,
whole State from the Lake Charlie
canning factory with all kinds Of deli
eious canned fruits.
Furthermore, the success Of Thu
Association and the establishing of
canning factory IN this city would b.
: the means Of bringing yearly to thi
parish thousands of dollars that no,
60 10 Northern markets for a qua
> lily of goods, that at their best, moul
be far inferior to like article put Il
here. So we say let US move in thi
- matter with a determination 10 SUI
L coed, and by this We mean let US i0i
together and plant yearly as man
fruit trees as possible, until Caleasie
I" can boast Of 100, 900 acres in fraitau
half dozen canning factories.